VISION BEYOND AUTISM UK

Registered charity 1162013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VBA-UK

We use charity funds to deliver advisory services to support children and young people with Autism and their parents and carers to have an ordinary life. Our charity aim is to purchase our first supported living service, and we fundraise to make this happen. We operate in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire areas.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN ALL ITS FORMS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND TEACHERS SO THAT AUTISTIC PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO LEAD AS INDEPENDENT, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE A LIFE AS POSSIBLE AND MAXIMISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL; AND2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES, CARERS AND TEACHERS OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £182,394, which the trustees confirm has been maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure in line with their reserves policy. The charity reported a net income increase to £42,175 from donations, with no employees on the payroll and no trading subsidiaries disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09500123 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vision Beyond Autism (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WADSWORTH, Amanda Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• KANUMILLI, Julie Margaret — director, appointed 08/04/2024on trustee list
• HARDMAN, David John — director, appointed 20/03/2016on trustee list
• LUSK, Andrew Scott — director, appointed 19/03/2015not on trustee list
• REYNER, Tracie Gail — director, appointed 19/03/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDY LUSK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Elizabeth Wadsworth
• Colin Douglas Boyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Hardman
• Julie Margaret Kanumilli
• TRACIE GAIL REYNER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Manchester City · Stockport · Trafford

Income and spending

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